After being diagnosed with mitral valve regurgitation a year ago, Tajera Smith had a realisation while receiving treatment in hospital – it was time to switch her major at Northern Caribbean University to nursing. A science enthusiast at heart, she...
Hailing from different churches, Seventh-day Adventist pathfinder counsellors Kadejha Wilson and Duronie Colquhoun attended a joint camp initiative at the Maranatha School of the Deaf in Top Hill, St Elizabeth. While supporting the children in...
Celebrities stepped out in style and grace for the 56th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday. The awards show, which honours outstanding achievements and representations of people of colour in film, television, music, and literature, saw several familiar...
As part of this year’s International Music Conference, Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell hosted his Chairman’s Dinner on Wednesday on the lawns of The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, bringing together local and international artistes, music executives, and industry...
When Pierre Battaglia arrived in Jamaica in September 1984 as a young executive sous chef, he planned to stay for just six months, assisting with the openings of Wyndham New Kingston and Montego Bay. However, fate had other plans. During this time...
Last weekend, the 2025 Hanover Charities Sugarcane Ball transformed Hanover’s fabulous Round Hill Hotel into an enchanting ‘Old Havana’ escape. Sold out and bursting with energy, this landmark 68th-anniversary celebration truly epitomised the...
The story begins with Liz Benn, who built this, her dream house, in 1986. Canadian-born, with a very financially challenged childhood, she would, at 14 years old, turn down the starring role in a major MGM motion picture, which eventually went to...
Like the perfect loaf, cassava farmer and agroprocessor Nadesha Campbell’s business has risen from humble beginnings to a market-ready venture. With a donation of $125,000 from Michael Lee-Chin through NCB Foundation’s Grant a Wish 2024 programme,...
On Wednesday, the Rex Nettleford Foundation hosted ‘Remembering Rex’, an artistic tribute to the late Rex Nettleford, former vice chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus and co-founder of the National Dance Theatre Company...
NEW YORK (AP): Bertha Hope was only three years old when she started playing Brahms’ “Lullaby” on the piano just from hearing it on the radio. “How did you do that?” asked her shocked parents, both entertainers. “That’s when they really started...
For Dr Tamara Austin-Gordon and architect Nicholas Gordon, love began with a simple Instagram message. Both 27 at the time, they were navigating demanding careers – Tamara in medical school and Nicholas pursuing his career in architecture – when a...
As the sun set on Sunday, guests at the Heineken Sunset Soirée gathered at Broken Plate, dressed in vibrant, sunset-inspired hues. With premium cuisine, lively music, and perfectly chilled brews in hand, they soaked in the effortless elegance of...
Despite the rain, the Hanover Charities/Chukka Foundation Polo event in Sandy Bay, Hanover, shone brilliantly on Sunday. The parade of the annual hat competition was undeterred, with creative women strutting their stuff and showcasing innovative...
Good food, good vibes, and plenty of good moves – GraceKennedy Foods Division Customer Mixer, Kingston edition, hit all the right notes as over 400 guests gathered at the formal gardens at Devon House on Sunday, to indulge in festivities. Kicking...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2025 | 12:11 AM
Fashion and music converged during Reggae Month in a spectacular display at the French Embassy’s annual Jam’ in France concert, where reggae rhythms set the tone for a night of cultural synergy. The evening’s fashion was an effortless fusion of...
As conversations around mental health continue to gain momentum, Jhanille Brooks hopes to make a meaningful contribution with her new book, Metamorphosis. Through it, she aims to provide practical tools to help people navigate the emotional...
Goodbye, American Riviera Orchard. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has rebranded her new company to As Ever, just weeks after restarting her social media presence with a new Instagram handle – @Meghan. Last year, she gave a glimpse of American...
Wedding bells are ringing for Jamaican-Canadian model Winnie Harlow and her long-time beau, American basketball player Kyle Kuzma. The announcement was made on Tuesday through a joint Instagram post on their accounts. The stunning visual...
Although Garth Thompson and Rushelle Whyte worked at the Accountant General’s Department together, they never interacted. That all changed, however, when a mutual friend introduced them, inviting Rushelle to attend Garth’s party in Gordon Town....
On Sunday, the streets of New Kingston and surrounding areas were filled with a new record of 30,477 registered participants for the 27th annual Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run event, with this year’s event raising funds to support critical...
With another parliamentary year opening inside Gordon House in Kingston on Thursday, it was predictable that politicians from both major parties would have transformed Duke Street into their own runway with fashionable pieces both locally and...
Home is where the heart is for Theophilio founder and creative director Edvin Thompson. “Jamaica is always present in my work,” piped up the ebullient womens and menswear designer in a conversation with The Sunday Gleaner, hours after his latest –...
The lofty, artistic ambitions of Jamaican fashion designer Rachel Scott’s Diotima Fall-Winter 2025 collection reveal, which she titled ‘Matriarch’, was appropriately venued last Monday in the skyscraper-dotted Financial District of downtown...
The VM Foundation is reinforcing its commitment to community development with the official launch of its expanded VM ImPact Community Grants Programme. The initiative, which has historically provided small-scale grants to community groups, has now...
The year 2025 marks the 27th staging of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run. Since its inception in 1999, this event has raised $750 million for institutions in need, transforming countless lives across Jamaica. But beyond the impressive numbers and...
